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contaminated

con·ta·mi·nated

US/kʌˈntæmʌˌneɪtɪd/ fairly common

adjective

1.

corrupted by contact or association

  • “contaminated evidence”
2.

contaminated with infecting organisms

  • “dirty wounds”
  • “obliged to go into infected rooms” Jane Austen
3.

rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution

  • “had to boil the contaminated water”
  • “polluted lakes and streams”
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